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Photo: Unknown Unknown · Public domainL'Assomption sees less crime per resident than 87% of Canadian towns
In 2023 the index stood at 43; it fell to 37.9 in 2025. Violence accounts for an index of 59 and other offences for 31.5, against usual levels of 89.4 and 56. Its Safety Grade is A, on crime the police covering L'Assomption reported from 2023 to 2025: #46 of 503 in Quebec. Year on year, 7.5 violent incidents and 10.5 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 12.0 and 30.5 in the typical town its size.
Statistics Canada, police-reported crime, 2023–2025 means. The index weighs each crime by its seriousness; rates are incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Crime severity, crime rate and incident counts: one figure for all of the L'Assomption service area.
What stands out about safety in L'Assomption
Lower than most of Quebec
The typical Quebec town scores 56.1; L'Assomption, 39.2. Towns its size ↓
Lower than many towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, L'Assomption comes 13th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
More crime solved
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 45% for L'Assomption (60% violent, 35% non-violent), beside 33% for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. Questions ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
L'Assomption: A for safety, and why
The grade weighs the Crime Severity Index and its violent half, averaged over 2023–2025, against every Canadian town and city neighbourhood of 1,000 people or more.
Its place: #46 of 503 in Quebec and #262 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Crime in L'Assomption, type by type
Mischief and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 13 | 0.5 | 38% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 5 | 0.2 | 74% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 2 | 0.07 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 5.3 | 0.2 | 75% |
| Other violent violations | 6.7 | 0.2 | 55% |
| Breaking and entering | 26.7 | 0.9 | 20% |
| Possession of stolen property | 7.3 | 0.3 | 92% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 44.7 | 1.6 | 13% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 9 | 0.3 | 11% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 82.3 | 2.9 | 30% |
| Mischief | 31 | 1.1 | 32% |
| Weapons violations | 6.7 | 0.2 | 55% |
| Administration of justice violations | 39.7 | 1.4 | 100% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 11 | 0.4 | 66% |
| Drug violations | 22.7 | 0.8 | 60% |
| Impaired driving | 81.7 | 2.9 | 92% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 32.7 | 1.2 | 21% |
Statistics Canada’s violation groups for the whole police service or detachment, incidents a year its own. Cleared: incidents solved by a charge or otherwise, as a share of those reported.
Incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 means, against the typical figure for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
L'Assomption, year by year
Crime Severity Index
The index started at its highest, 43 in 2023, and touched its lowest in 2024, at 36.6. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town its size went from 69.5 in 2023 to 60 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | L'Assomption | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37.9 | 60 |
| 2024 | 36.6 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 43 | 69.5 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering L'Assomption, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
The police area L'Assomption is part of, 28,800 residents, recorded about 210 violent incidents a year (2023–2025)
Violent incidents per 1,000 a year, 2023–2025
Property crimes per 1,000 a year, 2023–2025
Statistics Canada counts actual incidents; those police record as unfounded are listed apart and kept out of its crime rates and severity index. Each incident is filed under its most serious violation, which the survey sets partly by the maximum penalty.
Add about 300 property crimes and 220 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
L'Assomption is 13th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Springwater Ontario | 24,144 | 22.8 | 21.7 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 9 | Beloeil Quebec | 25,240 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| 10 | Essex Ontario | 23,872 | 37.3 | 63.2 | A |
| 11 | Strathroy Ontario | 26,497 | 38.8 | 47.8 | A |
| 12 | Foothills County Alberta | 25,789 | 39.1 | 30.5 | A |
| 13 | L'Assomption Quebec | 25,126 | 39.2 | 59 | A |
| 14 | Saint-Lazare Quebec | 22,895 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| 15 | La Prairie Quebec | 27,159 | 41.6 | 59.8 | A− |
| 16 | Candiac Quebec | 24,920 | 41.6 | 59.8 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 18 | Sainte-Thérèse Quebec | 27,253 | 47.9 | 61 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 21 | Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville Quebec | 26,786 | 53.7 | 69.5 | B |
| 22 | Saint-Lambert Quebec | 23,355 | 53.7 | 69.5 | B |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Yellowknife Northwest Territories | 22,858 | 304.6 | 362 | D− |
The 40 Canadian towns of 2,500+ people closest in population; city neighbourhoods, city totals and reserves are left out. Towns on one police service or detachment share its index.
The Canadian towns closest to L'Assomption in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Crime in the places around L'Assomption
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L'Assomption | 25,126 | 39.2 | 59 | A |
| Saint-Sulpice | 3,688 | 39.2 | 59 | A |
| L'Épiphanie | 9,254 | — | — | — |
| Sainte-Marie-Salomé | 1,296 | 54 | 93.4 | B |
| Verchères | 5,819 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| Repentigny | 91,290 | 28.1 | 48.2 | A+ |
| Lavaltrie | 15,996 | 58 | 90.3 | B |
2 of the 4 neighbours with their own figures score lower than L'Assomption. Closest is Verchères, 10 km away, at 37.1 to 39.2 here. Sharing its police with one neighbour, it shares that neighbour’s figure as well, so the neighbour isn’t compared.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- An index, not a verdict. Each incident counts by its seriousness, judged from court sentences, and the total is set per resident. As Statistics Canada puts it, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- A wider service area. The service that polices L'Assomption reports once for its whole area, so the figures aren’t the town’s alone.
- The index’s scale. The index is scaled so that Canada as a whole scored 100 in its base year, 2006: a town at 50 has half that severity per resident.
- What clearance means. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
Questions about safety in L'Assomption
Is L'Assomption safe?
On Statistics Canada’s figures, L'Assomption scores 39.2 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, with 7.5 violent and 10.5 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. The typical figure for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people is 66.
What is the most common crime in L'Assomption?
The three biggest groups are Criminal Code traffic offences at 4.7, assault at 3.4 and fraud at 3.3, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in L'Assomption?
The reverse: 43 in 2023 came down to 37.9 by 2025, 12% lower.
How much of L'Assomption’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 45%: 60% for violent crime and 35% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town its size it is 33%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for L'Assomption and everywhere else it polices.
Source: Statistics Canada, police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025 (Statistics Canada Open Licence); TownRatings calculation.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Crime severity index and weighted clearance rates, police services (tables 35-10-0186 to 0190, 0061, 0063, 0064), 2023–2025 · Statistics Canada, Incident-based crime statistics by detailed violations, police services (35-10-0178 to 0185) · Safety Grade: TownRatings calculation. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).